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The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)\u00a0is headed by a vegetarian.\u00a0 IPCC\u00a0chief\u00a0Rajendra Pachauri highlighted the importance of lifestyle changes to help slow down global warming.\u00a0 And what changes should we make?\u00a0 He encourages all of us to\u00a0 1)\u00a0 Don’t eat meat\u00a0\u00a0 2) Ride a bicycle or walk\u00a0\u00a0 3) Purchase only things we really need<\/p>\n

Mr Pachauri admitted that the IPCC was afraid to encourage lifestyle changes earlier, but they are saying it now.\u00a0 Regarding the eating of meat, he says “Please eat less meat — meat is a very carbon intensive commodity,” and “consuming large quantities of meat\u00a0is also bad for one’s health.”<\/p>\n

This is a significant statement considering that so many important public officials choose to conveniently forget about how eating meat affects global warming.\u00a0 Most don’t mention it because they are afraid of looking hypocritical since they eat meat themselves, or they don’t want to say anything bad about the\u00a0immensely powerful meat industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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